From: debian@fabian.gruenbichler.email   
      
   CCing debian-kernel and one of the Debian kernel team members   
      
   On Thu, Nov 13, 2025, at 9:10 PM, Thomas Weißschuh via rb-general wrote:   
   > Hi everyone,   
   >   
   > I am the author of the CONFIG_MODULE_HASHES patchset [0] for the Linux kernel   
   > which aims to enable reproducible kernel packages for Linux distributions.   
   > My goal is to reignite development and continue with the upstream process.   
   > To have a better base to argue with I'd like to get some confirmation that   
   > distributions have looked at the patches and do intent to adapt this scheme   
   when   
   > it is available in the mainline kernel. That should help me get some leverage   
   > with the upstream maintainers.   
   >   
   > The current form of the patches can be found at [1], they are only slightly   
   > adapted from the previous submission to LKML. Remaining open topics before   
   the   
   > next submission are proper IMA support and stripping of modules.   
   > Future changes may introduce more hash algorithms and performance   
   improvements,   
   > but these should not be relvant for now.   
   >   
   > So if you are packaging Linux for your distribution, have looked at my    
   > patches   
   > and are eager to use them, please let me know. My plan is to talk with    
   > the   
   > upstream maintainers at the upcoming Linux Plumbers Conference on 11th    
   > of December.   
      
   Hi Thomas, Hi Bastian,   
      
   Given the recent discussion on IRC about this, I figured this might be   
   the easiest way to get the ball rolling on potentially getting this patch   
   series endorsed/.. by the Debian kernel team - or at least getting a   
   written expression of interest or further discussion :)   
      
   Thanks Thomas for continuing to work on this!   
      
   Cheers,   
   Fabian   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)